swmail.sw.org Background and aim Ocular gaze deviation (OGD) is a well known clinical observation (Prevost's sign) in patients with acute cerebral ischemic stroke. Although OGD has been observed on CT ...

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A silent stroke, also known as an asymptomatic cerebrovascular infarction, is a type of stroke where you don't have recognizable symptoms like facial drooping, arm weakness, or slurring. It can happen ...

Traders and analysts use a number of metrics to assess the volatility and relative risk of potential investments, but one of the most common is standard deviation. Read on to find out more about ...

An embolic stroke is a type of ischemic stroke that occurs when an embolus (a blood clot that breaks off from a larger blood clot) travels from elsewhere in the body to block an artery in the brain.

Because our ability to detect acute stroke with neuroimaging techniques is limited, it remains a clinical diagnosis. The strict time requirements of thrombolytic therapy require sharp assessment ...

As we celebrate the NBL's Heritage Round, take a look at the inspiring story of one of Australian sport's greatest families - the Gaze's. See how Lindsay and Andrew Gaze became two of the nation's ...

People with highly irregular wake/sleep rhythms had a 26% increased risk of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death This risk remained significant even if people got the recommended seven to nine ...

Many risk factors can lead to a stroke, but the magnitude of risk from some of these conditions or behaviors may have a stronger association with severe stroke compared with mild stroke ...

Laterally located hemorrhages of the thalamus are the most common type of thalamic hemorrhage and more likely to be associated with intraventricular hemorrhage; thalamic bleeds on the right side are ...

Definition: Standard deviation is the measure of dispersion of a set of data from its mean. It measures the absolute variability of a distribution; the higher the dispersion or variability, the ...